My partner and I had a long-distance relationship for a couple years where we lived five hours apart and saw each other every weekend. Eventually I got a job slightly closer that involved them driving an hour each way and me taking transit an hour and a half each way.

True, we could have dinner together on weeknights, but overall we had less quality time together because we were spending so much time in transit that we spent the weekends catching up from everything we put off during the week.

Some folks I worked with had a pied-à-terre. They drove 3-5 hours into the city on Monday morning, stayed in a ~200sqft studio for three nights, drove home on Thursday afternoon, and worked from home on Friday. If you rent it out to tourists over the weekend it's not quite as expensive as it sounds and I was considering doing that so that we could move near my partner's office.

Thankfully, saner heads prevailed and we just got jobs closer together.

Whatever you decide, good luck!